Shrieking Tree

Filmmaking Awards & Film Festival Selections

Our Most Loved Shorts

We’ve won awards for many of our shorts and commercials, and you can take a look at some of the award winning short films here. You can also see selections for film festivals across the country to see where each film has been screened.

Welcome to a Better You

  • Official Selection

    Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival 2020
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Film Lounge 2021
    Iowa PBS

Enjoy Your Evening (short)

  • Best Director - Great Canadian Comedy Film Festival 2021

    Toronto, Ontario

  • Official Selection

    • Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival 2020
      Los Angeles, CA
    • Film Lounge 2021
      Iowa PBS

Whistle Boys

  • Best in Show - First Place

    ISA Short Film Showcase 2018
    Des Moines, IA

  • Best Editing - Excellence Award

    Iowa Motion Picture Association Awards
    Fairfield, IA

  • Nominations

    • Best Editing - Portland Comedy Film Festival
      Portland, OR
    • Best Comedy - Snake Alley Festival of Film
      Burlington, IA
    • Best Iowa Film - Snake Alley Festival of Film
      Burlington, IA

  • Official Selection

    • Chicago Comedy Film Festival
      Chicago, IL
    • Portland Comedy Film Festival
      Portland, OR
    • The Great Canadian Sketch Comedy Film Festival
      Ontario, Canada
    • Lisbon Film Rendezvous
      Lisbon, Portugal
    • Prairie State Film Fest
      Dekalb, IL
    • Snake Alley Festival of Film
      Burlington, Iowa
    • RADplay 2017
      Iowa City, IA

Note to Self

  • This film made in association with DEFT

  • Runner Up Best Film

    48 Hour Film Project 2018
    Des Moines, IA

  • Best Director

    Justin Norman
    48 Hour Film Project 2018
    Des Moines, IA

  • Best Actor

    Eric Allan
    48 Hour Film Project 2018
    Des Moines, IA

  • Best Editing

    Justin Norman
    48 Hour Film Project 2018
    Des Moines, IA

  • Audience Choice

    Group B
    48 Hour Film Project 2018
    Des Moines, IA

  • Best Use of Line of Dialogue

    48 Hour Film Project 2018
    Des Moines, IA

  • Best Directing - Achievement Award

    Iowa Motion Picture Association Awards
    Fairfield, IA

  • Nominations

    • Best Sci-Fi Film - Oregon Short Film Festival
      Portland, OR
    • Best Iowa Film - Snake Alley Festival of Film
      Burlington, IA

  • Official Selection

    • Oregon Short Film Festival 2020
      Portland, OR
    • Lisbon Film Rendezvous 2018
      Lisbon, Portugal
    • Snake Alley Festival of Film
      Burlington, Iowa
    • Iowa Independent Film Festival
      Mason City, IA
    • Prairie State Film Fest
      Dekalb, IL
    • ISA Short Film Showcase 2019
      Des Moines, IA

Tender Tides

Nominations

    • Best Micro Short - Austin Comedy Short Film Festival, 2017
      Austin, TX
    • Best Micro Short - Oregon Short Film Festival, 2018
      Portland, OR
    • Best Animated Short - Oregon Short Film Festival, 2018
      Portland, OR
    • Honourable Mention - London Worldwide Film Festival
      London, UK

  • Official Selection

    • The Great Canadian Sketch Comedy Film Festival
      Ontario, Canada
    • Austin Comedy Short Film Festival, 2017
      Austin, TX
    • Oregon Short Film Festival, 2018
      Portland, OR
    • Lisbon Film Rendezvous, 2019
      Lisbon, Portugal
    • 2017 Comedy Shorts Film Festival
      Missoula, MT
    • RADplay 2017
      Iowa City, IA

This Week in Fear

  • Official Selection

    • DSM Film Society Open Screen Night 2017
      Des Moines, IA

TubeLords

  • Winner of a $50,000 Greenlight Grant

    Iowa Arts Foundation
    Des Moines, IA

Season of the Bean

  • Screencraft Comedy Quarterfinalist

    Los Angeles, CA

Enjoy Your Evening (feature)

  • Coverfly ScriptLab Quarterfinalist

    Los Angeles, CA

Roy of Sealand

  • Top 1% of Scripts, All Genres

    The Black List

  • 2022 Quarterfinalist

    Academy Nicholl Fellowship

Have a Nice Night

  • 98 out of 100 score

    Screenplay Readers

One Million XP

  • Best Cinematography

    48 Hour Film Project 2019
    Des Moines, IA

  • Best Editing

    48 Hour Film Project 2019
    Des Moines, IA

  • Runner Up Audience Choice

    Group C
    48 Hour Film Project 2019
    Des Moines, IA

  • Official Selection

    • Portland Comedy Film Festival 2020
      Portland, OR
    • Chicago Comedy Film Festival 2020
      Chicago, IL
    • Houston Comedy Film Festival 2020
      Houston, TX
    • Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival 2020
      Los Angeles, CA
    • ISA Short Film Showcase 2019
      Des Moines, IA

The Breadwinner

  • 2nd Runner Up Best Film

    48 Hour Film Project 2014
    Des Moines, IA

  • Runner Up Best Director

    Justin Norman
    48 Hour Film Project 2014
    Des Moines, IA

  • Best Actor

    Justin Norman
    48 Hour Film Project 2014
    Des Moines, IA

  • Best Writing

    Eric Allan, Justin Norman, Wesley Norman
    48 Hour Film Project 2014
    Des Moines, IA

  • Audience Choice

    Group B
    48 Hour Film Project 2014
    Des Moines, IA

  • Official Selection

    • ISA Short Film Showcase 2016
      Des Moines, IA
    • DSM Film Society Open Screen Night 2015
      Des Moines, IA

The Wash

  • Runner Up Best Film

    48 Hour Film Project 2014
    Chicago, IL

  • Best Sound Design

    Justin Norman
    48 Hour Film Project 2014
    Chicago, IL

  • Audience Choice

    Group A
    48 Hour Film Project 2014
    Chicago, IL

About a Film

  • Best Use of Resources

    48 Hour Film Project 2012
    Des Moines, IA

The Payment

  • Official Selection

    • The Great Canadian Sketch Comedy Film Festival 2019
      Ontario, Canada
    • RADplay 2017
      Iowa City, IA

    Beyond Expectations (Advertisement)

    • Outstanding Social Media Execution

      Iowa Tourism Awards 2015

    Brodown

    • Official Selection

      • Killer Valley Comedy Film Festival
        Ashland, OR
      • Philly Sketchfest Comedy Film Festival
        Philadelphia, PA
      • Austin Short Comedy Film Festival
        Austin, TX

    Heartless

    • Runner Up Audience Choice

      Group A
      48 Hour Film Project 2015
      Austin, TX

Cope

  • 2nd Runner Up Best Film

    48 Hour Film Project 2019
    Kansas City, MO

  • Best Editing

    48 Hour Film Project 2019
    Kansas City, MO

  • Best Actress

    48 Hour Film Project 2019
    Kansas City, MO

  • Official Selection

    • ISA Short Film Showcase 2019
      Des Moines, IA

The Eye

  • Runner Up Best Film

    Super Short Shorts
    Salute Your Shorts Fest 2017
    Los Angeles, CA

  • Official Selection

    • Snowdance Independent Film Festival 2017
      Germany
    • The Great Canadian Sketch Comedy Film Festival
      Ontario, Canada
    • CK Film Festival
      Long Island, NY
    • Philly Sketchfest Comedy Film Festival
      Philadelphia, PA
    • Killer Valley Comedy Film Festival
      Ashland, OR
    • 2017 Comedy Shorts Film Festival
      Missoula, MT
    • Salute Your Shorts Fest 2017
      Los Angeles, CA
    • Lisbon Film Rendezvous, 2019
      Lisbon, Portugal
    • ISA Short Film Showcase
      Des Moines, IA
    • Interrobang Festival 2017
      Des Moines, IA
    • DSM Film Society Open Screen Night 2015
      Des Moines, IA
    • RADplay 2017
      Iowa City, IA

Twig

  • Best Editing

    Justin Norman
    48 Hour Film Project 2017
    Des Moines, IA

  • Best Acting

    Kim Scarfe
    48 Hour Film Project 2017
    Des Moines, IA

Paved

  • Best Editing

    Justin Norman
    48 Hour Film Project 2016
    Des Moines, IA

  • Audience Choice

    Group B
    48 Hour Film Project 2016
    Des Moines, IA

  • Nominations

    • Best Comedy Film - Portland Comedy Film Festival 2019
      Portland, OR
    • Best Short Film - Iowa Motion Picture Awards 2020
      Fairfield, IA

  • Official Selection

    • Chicago Comedy Film Festival 2020
      Chicago, IL
    • 27th LA Comedy Festival
      Los Angeles, CA
    • Portland Comedy Film Festival 2019
      Portland, OR
    • Killer Valley Comedy Film Festival 2020
      Ashland, OR
    • ISA Short Film Showcase 2019
      Des Moines, IA
    • Interrobang Film Fetival
      Des Moines, IA
    • Lisbon Film Rendezvous, 2019
      Lisbon, Portugal
    • Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival 2020
      Los Angeles, CA

Rise of the Wuffins

  • Audience Choice

    Group C
    48 Hour Film Project 2013
    Des Moines, IA

  • Best Use of Prop

    48 Hour Film Project 2013
    Des Moines, IA

  • Runner Up Best Director

    Tom Rapp
    48 Hour Film Project 2013
    Des Moines, IA

Jeff & Jeff

  • Official Selection

    • DSM Film Society Open Screen Night 2016
      Des Moines, IA

A Negotiation

  • Best Director

    Thai Luong
    48 Hour Film Project 2020
    Madison, WI

  • Best Score

    Dylan Fixmer
    48 Hour Film Project 2020
    Madison, WI

  • Nominations

    • Best Film - 48 Hour Film Project
      Madison, WI
    • Best Cinematography - 48 Hour Film Project
      Madison, WI
    • Best Editing - 48 Hour Film Project
      Madison, WI
    • Best Actor (Justin Norman) - 48 Hour Film Project
      Madison, WI
    • Best Actor (Ryan Runyan) - 48 Hour Film Project
      Madison, WI
    • Best Visual Effects - 48 Hour Film Project
      Madison, WI
    • Best Use of Line - 48 Hour Film Project
      Madison, WI

Contributions

Filmed helmed by our friends

Shrieking Tree's director, Justin Norman, works on other films which have received critical acclaim as well, including recording the audio for Rebecca Blumhagen's documentary The Happiness Machine, and DEFT's drama, Undertow. Awards and festivals for those films are listed below.

The Happiness Machine

  • A documentary by Rebecca Blumhagen.

  • Best Short Documentary

    DOCUTAH International Film Festival

  • Best Short Documentary

    Sioux City International Film Festival

  • Best Short Documentary

    Manhattan Film Festival

  • Best Short Documentary

    Eastern Oregon Film Festival

  • Best Short Documentary

    Interrobang Film Festival

  • Gold Award

    Spotlight Documentary Awards

  • Audience Choice

    Indie Shorts International Film Festival

  • Honorable Mention

    Cleveland International Film Festival

  • Nominee: Best of Fest

    Julien Dubuque International Film Festival

  • Official Selection

    • Doc NYC
    • Bendfilm
    • Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival
    • Eastern Oregon Film Festival
    • Salida Film Festival
    • Philadelphia Film Festival
    • Portland Film Festival
    • Heartland Film Festival
    • Hollyshorts Film Festival
    • Cinequest Film & VR Festival
    • Salute Your Shorts Film Fest
    • Sedona International Film Festival
    • Colorado Island Film Festival
    • British Documentary Film Festival
    • Omaha Film Festival
    • Short Sweet Film Fest

Undertow

  • A film by DEFT.

  • Official Selection

    Snake Alley Festival of Film

Wild Drive Life

  • A film by Rebecca Blumhagen

  • Official Selection

    Cleveland International Film Festival

JustUs

  • A documentary by Cedric Theus.

  • Offical Selection

    Julien Dubuque International Film Festival 2022

  • Offical Selection

    Oneota Film Festival 2022

Money Grab in the Cab

  • A Pivot Bio original.

  • First Place

    Audio/Video Broadcast News Show 2024